Monday, June 15, 2015

Comic Round-Up: June 15, 2015

"Gotham’s Protector" by Dylan Burnett

Event: Artist Darick Robertson will appear at Double Midnight Comics in Manchester, NH on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 from 4:00 – 7:00 PM for a special
signing! Darick’s work includes Transmetropolitan with Warren Ellis, The
Boys with Garth Ennis and Happy! with Grant Morrison! Darick has also
worked on Wolverine, Nightcrawler, New Warriors, and Punisher for
Marvel! RSVP on Facebook!

Event: Justin Greenwood will appear at Tr!ckster in Berkeley, CA on Friday, July 3, 2015 from 7:00 – 10:00 PM to showcase his art from The Fuse (Image)! RSVP on Facebook!

As a response to the all-male “Women in Comics” panel at Denver Comic
Con, a group of women will present an all-female “Men in Comics” panel at IndyPopCon. While the concept and poster are tongue in cheek, the
panel (which was actually proposed and put together by a man, Gabrial
Canada of Racebending.com) features some serious talent, including
Christina Blanch, the Ball State University instructor who created a
Gender in Comics online course a few years back, and Nutmeg co-creator Jackie Crofts.

If you have been piling up those DRM-free comics files and want a reader
to view them, check out Mike Williams’ review of five desktop readers
that work well with comics files

Leola, Pennsylvania, has a new comic shop: Red Rose Comics, which specializes in back issues and Walking Dead-related items, has just opened, and owners Brian and Melissa Poppe will offer a free comic to all customers.

Robin Parrish writes about a major barrier to new comics readers: People like to start reading episodic stories at the beginning, so they are
put off by high issue numbers. Who knows what you missed in the first
700 issues? The publishers’ solution has been renumbering and reboots,
but Parrish and retailer Benn Ray look at other media and come up with a
different solution.